Maine Revised Statutes

Title 38, Chapter 1: OPERATION OF VESSELS

Subchapter 1: HARBOR MASTERS

38 §1. Appointment; compensation

38 §1-A. Training

38 §2. Rules for channel lines; enforcement

38 §3. Mooring sites

38 §3-A. Mooring transfer permitted by ordinance

38 §4. Neglecting to remove or replace moorings

38 §5. Removal of vessels obstructing anchorage

38 §6. Power to arrest for assault

38 §7. Relation to other laws

38 §7-A. Waiting lists; nonresident moorings

38 §8. Waiting list

38 §9. Abandonment of watercraft

38 §10. Harbor master liability

38 §11. Definitions

38 §12. Violation of subchapter

38 §13. Failure to obey orders of harbormasters

Subchapter 2: PORT WARDENS

38 §41. Election; qualifications; term; removal; vacancies; records

38 §42. Duties; vessels arriving

38 §43. -- distressed vessels

38 §44. -- wrecked or damaged vessels

38 §46. Jurisdiction; impersonation; penalty

Subchapter 3: PILOTS

38 §81. Appointment; bond (REPEALED)

38 §82. Duties (REPEALED)

38 §83. Fees; complaints; suspension or removal (REPEALED)

38 §84. Liability for damage (REPEALED)

38 §85. Declaration of policy

38 §85-A. Definitions (REPEALED)

38 §85-B. Definitions

38 §86. Vessels required to take pilot

38 §86-A. Jurisdiction over coastal waters and rivers

38 §87. Vessels exempt (REPEALED)

38 §87-A. Exceptions

38 §88. Piloting without license

38 §89. Maine Pilotage Commission members

38 §90. Duties of commission

38 §90-A. Reports; liaison; limitations

38 §90-B. Budget

38 §90-C. Employees

38 §91. Qualifications of licensees

38 §92. Duration and renewal of licenses

38 §93. License fees

38 §94. Accounts of fees; payments to commission (REPEALED)

38 §95. Pilot's bond (REPEALED)

38 §96. Lawful compensation

38 §97. Authority of pilots

38 §98. Commissions prohibited

38 §99. Grounds for disciplinary action

38 §99-A. Pilot liability

38 §100. Notice of hearing on complaint

38 §100-A. Confidentiality of complaints and investigative records

38 §101. Surrender of revoked or suspended license

38 §102. Reinstatement following suspension

38 §103. Lapsed

38 §104. Appeals from commission

38 §105. Pilots currently serving (REPEALED)

38 §106. Disposition of fees

Subchapter 4: LIGHTERS AND HARBORS

38 §121. Marking; inspection and renewal

38 §122. Use without marks or false marks; penalty

38 §123. Appointment of inspectors; fees; remarking of boats

38 §124. Unlawful disposal or taking of ballast

Subchapter 5: SHIP OWNERS

38 §161. Liability to freighters

38 §162. Charterer deemed owner; responsibility to real owner

Subchapter 6: WATERCRAFT REGISTRATION AND SAFETY

Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

38 §201. Definitions (REPEALED)

38 §202. Local regulation prohibited (REPEALED)

38 §203. Disposition of fines and fees; Watercraft Fund (REPEALED)

38 §204. Certificate of bureau head and bureau director admissible in evidence (REPEALED)

38 §205. Enforcement (REPEALED)

38 §206. Penalties (REPEALED)

Article 2: CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

38 §231. Bureau of Watercraft Registration and Safety (REPEALED)

38 §232. Regulations; force of law; penalties (REPEALED)

38 §233. Certificate required; display of numbers and validation stickers (REPEALED)

38 §234. Application and issuance; fees (REPEALED)

38 §235. Notice of destruction, abandonment, removal, transfer of ownership, change of address (REPEALED)

38 §236. Motorboats carrying passengers for hire (REPEALED)

38 §237. Operation of watercraft (REPEALED)

38 §238. Safety equipment and regattas (REPEALED)

38 §239. Accidents (REPEALED)

38 §240. Restrictions on power boats; Portage Lake and Quimby Pond (REPEALED)

38 §241. -- Jerry Pond (REPEALED)

38 §242. -- Ox Brook Lake (REPEALED)

38 §243. -- Nesowadnehunk (Sourdnahunk) Lake (REPEALED)

38 §244. -- Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond and Long Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED)

38 §245. -- Snow's Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED)

38 §246. -- Long Pond, Oxford County (REPEALED)

38 §247. -- Lily Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED)

Subchapter 7: OPERATING RESTRICTIONS

38 §281. Speed restrictions

38 §282. Endangering persons or property

38 §283. Operating recklessly

38 §284. Operation under influence of drugs or liquor

38 §285. Enforcement of operating restrictions

Subchapter 8: PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR BOATS

38 §321. Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands; duties (REPEALED)

38 §321-A. Powers (REPEALED)

38 §322. Boating Facilities Fund (REPEALED)

38 §323. Fees (REPEALED)

38 §324. Leases (REPEALED)

38 §325. Grants-in-aid (REPEALED)

38 §326. Violation of rules and regulations (REPEALED)

38 §327. District and Superior Courts have concurrent jurisdiction (REPEALED)

38 §328. Real estate acquired subject to Mill Act (REPEALED)

38 §329. Penalties (REPEALED)